# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denis-dutton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:55:11.173Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denis-dutton"
name: "Denis Dutton"
slug: "denis-dutton"
description: "Dr Denis Laurence Dutton was an American philosopher of art, web entrepreneur, and media activist. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was also a co-founder and co-editor of the websites Arts & Letters Daily, ClimateDebateDaily.com, and cybereditions.com."
tagline: "Professor and philosopher (1944-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dutton_HandAxe_Steve_Jurvetson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1944-02-09"
deathDate: "2010-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Denis Dutton"
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    title: "Denis Dutton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump